Word: netting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plan, Kennedy said, would cost Americans "only" $35.7 billion a year net; he arrived at that figure by subtracting from the federal and employer tab of $63.8 billion the sum of $28.1 billion which he claims the nation would save in medical bills. On the same basis, Carter's plan would save $6 billion, reducing its net cost to $18.3 billion. The Senator claimed that the eventual cost of the fuller scheme that the President promised to work for would be $60 billion a year...
...Atlanta, has been doing just fine. Last week, in a public accounting required by the 1978 Ethics in Government Act, Carter disclosed that he has become a millionaire. With assets of $1.2 million and liabilities of $221,000, including $1,500 in unpaid bills, the President computed his net worth as of Jan. 1 at exactly $1,005,910.25. That was up from $795,357.74 a year earlier, chiefly because of the rising value of 2,000 acres of farm land that Carter owns in Sumter and Webster counties in southwestern Georgia. The President had a comfortable income last year...
...Crimson constantly outshone its opponents but failed to put the ball in the net in crucial situations. Freshman Pete Walsh (goalkeeper) and Mauro Keller-Sarmiento (right wing) showed immense potential, and captain Jim Langton together with veteran Michael Smith performed well; but something was missing from Coach George Ford's team: an offense. Leading scorer Walter Diaz's goal total was down by nine from the year before. The Crimson went for more than three games without a goal at one point...
Although Carter himself is an affluent entrepreneur (his peanut business gave him a personal net worth of $800,000 in 1977), he is uneasy with big corporate executives. He rarely meets with them, and when he does, the mood is often strained. "The President," explains one Cabinet officer, "doesn't like anything big. He is not comfortable with Big Labor, Big Business or the Big Press...
...achievements are evident not only in its fleet of four corporate jets, its 119-ft. yacht (a 131-footer is on order) and its modern, saucer-shaped headquarters near Grand Rapids, but also in its founder's wealth. FORTUNE has estimated that Van Andel's personal net worth ranges from $300 million to $500 million...